A randomized 25 question test from a pool of 761 questions, good luck!
The heart of a DCS is considered the PLC and it's five main programming languages. Which of the programming languages would be described as mimicking the components of the hardware of an analog control in self-contained blocks of code?
The data link layer of the OSI manages access to be able to transmit data. Which of the answers below represents a all typical access method?
Modbus protocol can implement data encapsulation over IP based networks. Which of the statements below is an advantage of using encapsulation?
There are a collection of standards that defines the access control for wireless Ethernet. Which one of the answers below is the standard for initiating a WLAN?
RS-232 to USB is the best example of which of the following converters?
Which of the answers below best represents the recommended standard that uses an end device circuit to provide the encoding of characters?
Ethernet network components provide several ISO layers of transmission control. Which of the network components below has transmission controls on the ISO network layer and possibly the data link layers?
A defined area of geographical coverage is commonly called an area network. Which of the area networks below is a network that links smaller networks together, but potentially on a global scale?
There are several data access methods used to transmit data. Which of the answers below can be described as a single controlling device commences communication with the responding devices attached to the same network?
Which of the messaging types below is best described as independent communication with the scanner module initiated by the properly configured field device?
Which of the antenna below could best be described as the most direction sensitive?
Which answer below best represents the number of trunk connections in a standard H1 transmission system junction box with 6 connections available?
Twisted pair to fiber optic is the best example of which of the following converters?
Which type of electrical signalling would best be described as being used by the HART protocol?
The wired Ethernet transmission standards are defined by the OSI model layers. Which of the answers below is one of those defining layers?
There are various subsystems within any HMI. Which of the tasks below would be the primary responsibility of the alarm subsystem?
Which of the answers below best reflects an unguided medium?
Of all the ways to relate the speed of serial communication, which of the answers below is not one? Choose the answer that best applies.
Redundant capability is critical for any DCS. Which of the availability of redundancy below would have redundant I/O, controllers and networks?
In relation to IPv4, every classification has a finite amount of addresses. Which of the classifications below has the most subnet addresses?
In the protocol specifications of Modbus, there are only four types of registers that can be accessed by the master. Which of the answers below expresses the register size and permissions of an input status register?
During day-to-day operation of an industrial network, some device addresses may change depending on the needs of the system. Which of the answers represents the normal state of a physical address during normal operations?
There are several different network access methods available to wireless Ethernet. Which of the methods below is the one used by wireless Ethernet?
A DCS collects a lot of data during the course of operating. Which of the terms below would best describe the database that contains the value of all the parameters and tags, as well as all the programming and the DCS configuration?
Subnet masks in IPv4 are used to divide an existing network. A class B network with 2 nodes, one with an IP address of 128.0.0.1 and a mask of 255.255.0.0. Which of the answers below reflects the address the other node must have for the two nodes to communicate?